DX Test coming up at 42.8 MHz
 

A group of devotees of the late Major Edwin Armstrong have gotten
special FCC permission to broadcast for two days in June (10 & 11) from
the first FM broadcast site in the US, in Alpine, NJ,

In those days the FM band was 42 to 50 MHz, not 88-108, and only a
small number of FM radios were built for those channels (some covered
both bands).

The power will be around 250 watts, and the antenna will be mounted on
Armstrong's 410 foot tower (the ground elevation is pretty high, and
from there you can see all of NYC and 80 miles on a clear day.

IF YOU have a tuner or scanner capable of picking up 42.8 MHz (VHF-Lo)
you have a chance to log it and get a QSL. Try not to use the NFM mode,
as the signal will be wideband FM (should be OK on Icom 9000, 8500,
7100 and 7000, plus some AOR scanners. You might be able to tune it in
with AM mode by tuning to one side or the other of the center
frequency.

DXers and hams will be involved in the programming, engineering, etc.,
so QSLs are likely (I don't know for sure). Antenna polarization will
be vertical.

radioman390 wrote:

A group of devotees of the late Major Edwin Armstrong have gotten
special FCC permission to broadcast for two days in June (10 & 11) from
the first FM broadcast site in the US, in Alpine, NJ,

In those days the FM band was 42 to 50 MHz, not 88-108, and only a
small number of FM radios were built for those channels (some covered
both bands).

The power will be around 250 watts, and the antenna will be mounted on
Armstrong's 410 foot tower (the ground elevation is pretty high, and
from there you can see all of NYC and 80 miles on a clear day.

IF YOU have a tuner or scanner capable of picking up 42.8 MHz (VHF-Lo)
you have a chance to log it and get a QSL. Try not to use the NFM mode,
as the signal will be wideband FM (should be OK on Icom 9000, 8500,
7100 and 7000, plus some AOR scanners. You might be able to tune it in
with AM mode by tuning to one side or the other of the center
frequency.

DXers and hams will be involved in the programming, engineering, etc.,
so QSLs are likely (I don't know for sure). Antenna polarization will
be vertical.

I posted the story several weeks ago.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:


I posted the story several weeks ago.



Looking for a medal or a chest to pin it on, Bozo?




mike

dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:


dxAce wrote:


I posted the story several weeks ago.

Looking for a medal or a chest to pin it on, Bozo?


Already have both, 'tard boy.

Now go try and find your radio.

dxAce
Michigan
USA




I've found the most disagreeable thing about you, Bozo. Plainly put, you're
boring. So boring, in fact, that a compendium of your half witted insults could
be sold as a quick relief for chronic insomnia.

I would have already published it it, but it appears a book comprised of only
two or three rather short and repetitive sentences won't sell too well.

Ever consider getting Cuhulin as a ghost writer? Compared to now, people would
think you were genius.



mike

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:


dxAce wrote:


I posted the story several weeks ago.

Looking for a medal or a chest to pin it on, Bozo?


Already have both, 'tard boy.

Now go try and find your radio.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I've found the most disagreeable thing about you, Bozo. Plainly put, you're
boring. So boring, in fact, that a compendium of your half witted insults could
be sold as a quick relief for chronic insomnia.

I would have already published it it, but it appears a book comprised of only
two or three rather short and repetitive sentences won't sell too well.

Ever consider getting Cuhulin as a ghost writer? Compared to now, people would
think you were genius.

Stuff a sock in it, Canucky Boy and try to catch the next boat to France.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

Stuff a sock in it, Canucky Boy and try to catch the next boat to France.


....yawn...